See du in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "dua"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "duskål"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "þu",
"4": "þū"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish þū",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "þú"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse þú",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*þū"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*túh₂"
},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "thou"
},
"expansion": "English thou",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "du"
},
"expansion": "German du",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Swedish þū, from Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate with English thou, German du.",
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "l-self",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "jag",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"oblique",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"colloquial",
"first-person",
"oblique",
"pronunciation-spelling",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"first-person",
"possessed-common",
"possessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mitt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"possessed-neuter",
"possessive",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"possessed-many",
"possessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "du",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dig",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dej",
"source": "declension",
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"colloquial",
"oblique",
"pronunciation-spelling",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "din",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"possessed-common",
"possessive",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ditt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"possessed-neuter",
"possessive",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dina",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"possessed-many",
"possessive",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
"nominative",
"person",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "honom",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"oblique",
"person",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "han",
"source": "declension",
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"informal",
"masculine",
"oblique",
"person",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "en",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"informal",
"masculine",
"oblique",
"person",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hans",
"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
"person",
"possessed-common",
"possessed-many",
"possessed-neuter",
"possessive",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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{
"form": "hon",
"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"nominative",
"person",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "henne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"oblique",
"person",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "na",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"feminine",
"informal",
"oblique",
"person",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hennes",
"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"person",
"possessed-common",
"possessed-many",
"possessed-neuter",
"possessive",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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{
"form": "hen",
"source": "declension",
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"gender-neutral",
"neologism",
"nominative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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{
"form": "hen",
"source": "declension",
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"gender-neutral",
"neologism",
"oblique",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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{
"form": "henom",
"source": "declension",
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"gender-neutral",
"neologism",
"oblique",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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"gender-neutral",
"neologism",
"possessed-common",
"possessed-many",
"possessed-neuter",
"possessive",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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{
"form": "den",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"nominative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "den",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"oblique",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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{
"form": "dess",
"source": "declension",
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"common-gender",
"possessed-common",
"possessed-many",
"possessed-neuter",
"possessive",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "det",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "det",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"oblique",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "dess",
"source": "declension",
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"neuter",
"possessed-common",
"possessed-many",
"possessed-neuter",
"possessive",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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{
"form": "man",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "en",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "en",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"oblique",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"possessed-common",
"possessed-many",
"possessed-neuter",
"possessive",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"reflexive",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sig",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"reflexive",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sej",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"oblique",
"pronunciation-spelling",
"reflexive",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"possessed-common",
"possessive",
"reflexive",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sitt",
"source": "declension",
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"possessed-neuter",
"possessive",
"reflexive",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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{
"form": "sina",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"possessed-many",
"possessive",
"reflexive",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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{
"form": "vi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "oss",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"oblique",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vår",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"possessed-common",
"possessive"
]
},
{
"form": "våran",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"informal",
"plural",
"possessed-common",
"possessive"
]
},
{
"form": "vårt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"possessed-neuter",
"possessive"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"informal",
"plural",
"possessed-neuter",
"possessive"
]
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"source": "declension",
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"plural",
"possessed-many",
"possessive"
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "er",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "er",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
"possessed-common",
"possessive",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "eran",
"source": "declension",
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"informal",
"plural",
"possessed-common",
"possessive",
"second-person"
]
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{
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"plural",
"possessed-common",
"possessive",
"second-person",
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"possessive",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"informal",
"plural",
"possessed-neuter",
"possessive",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "era",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"possessed-many",
"possessive",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "I",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"nominative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "eder",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"oblique",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "eder",
"source": "declension",
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"archaic",
"plural",
"possessed-common",
"possessive",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "eders",
"source": "declension",
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"archaic",
"formal",
"plural",
"possessed-common",
"possessive",
"second-person",
"term-of-address"
]
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"archaic",
"plural",
"possessed-neuter",
"possessive",
"second-person"
]
},
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"form": "edra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"plural",
"possessed-many",
"possessive",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "de",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "dom",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"nominative",
"plural",
"pronunciation-spelling",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "dem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "dom",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"oblique",
"plural",
"pronunciation-spelling",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "deras",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"possessed-common",
"possessed-many",
"possessed-neuter",
"possessive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural",
"reflexive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sig",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"plural",
"reflexive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sej",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"oblique",
"plural",
"pronunciation-spelling",
"reflexive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"possessed-common",
"possessive",
"reflexive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sitt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"possessed-neuter",
"possessive",
"reflexive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sina",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"possessed-many",
"possessive",
"reflexive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "dhu",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"form": "thu",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"form": "tu",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"form": "tv",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"form": "do",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Kalix"
]
},
{
"form": "do",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Luleå"
]
},
{
"form": "dö",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Piteå"
]
}
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"2": "pronoun",
"cat2": "personal pronouns"
},
"expansion": "du",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "pron",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Hey!; more literally",
"translation": "Hey!; more literally",
"word": "hallå"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "you (plural subjective case)",
"translation": "you (plural subjective case)",
"word": "ni"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"raw_tags": [
"used to get someone's attention"
],
"tags": [
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],
"word": "öh"
}
],
"senses": [
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"categories": [
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"parents": [],
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"_dis": "47 47 6",
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"english": "Nisse, you are a small frog",
"text": "Nisse, du är en liten groda",
"translation": "Nisse, you are a small frog",
"type": "example"
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2
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],
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0,
3
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"english": "You [subject] are here, so I see you [object]",
"text": "Du är här, så jag ser dig",
"translation": "You [subject] are here, so I see you [object]",
"type": "example"
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85,
88
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],
"english": "There is only one of me and that is I. There is only one of you [object] and that is you [subject]. There are only two of us, and that is us [we – subject]. [Swedish has some of the same subject/object fuzziness as English, but a standalone \"Det är \" idiomatically (through intuition rather than being taught) uses the subject form]",
"ref": "1981, X Models, “Två av oss [Two of us]”:",
"text": "Det finns bara en av mig och det är jag. Det finns bara en av dig och det är du. Det finns bara två av oss, och det är vi.",
"translation": "There is only one of me and that is I. There is only one of you [object] and that is you [subject]. There are only two of us, and that is us [we – subject]. [Swedish has some of the same subject/object fuzziness as English, but a standalone \"Det är \" idiomatically (through intuition rather than being taught) uses the subject form]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"id": "en-du-sv-pron-wLM6ztNc",
"links": [
[
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"you"
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},
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"parents": [],
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"parents": [],
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],
"english": "THOU artful Master, good counsel give,\nShould one now spare this scoundrel's life?",
"ref": "1649, Jacobus Petri Chronander, Bele-Snack, Eller Een Ny Comœdia, act I, scene IV, page 40:",
"text": "TV Konstrijke Mästare, godt rådh giff,\nSkall man nu skona thenna skelmens lijff?",
"translation": "THOU artful Master, good counsel give,\nShould one now spare this scoundrel's life?",
"type": "quotation"
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"thou"
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164
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],
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],
"english": "The wolf howls in the forest of the night. He wants to sleep but cannot. [\"He wants to but cannot sleep\" – \"He wants to X\" is \"Han vill X\"] [The] hunger tears his wolf belly, and it is cold in his stove [archaic, dialectal, in the dated English sense]. Hey wolf, hey wolf, do not come [to] here [hither]. My child you will never have.",
"ref": "1984, “Vargsången [The wolf song]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Björn Isfält (music)performed by Lena Nyman:",
"text": "Vargen ylar i nattens skog. Han vill men kan inte sova. Hungern river hans vargabuk, och det är kallt i hans stova. Du varg, du varg, kom inte hit. Ungen min får du aldrig.",
"translation": "The wolf howls in the forest of the night. He wants to sleep but cannot. [\"He wants to but cannot sleep\" – \"He wants to X\" is \"Han vill X\"] [The] hunger tears his wolf belly, and it is cold in his stove [archaic, dialectal, in the dated English sense]. Hey wolf, hey wolf, do not come [to] here [hither]. My child you will never have.",
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},
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],
"english": "Hey, I want us to believe in each other.",
"ref": "1994, Uno Svenningsson, “Tro på varann [Believe in Each Other]”, in Uno, performed by Uno Svenningsson and Eva Dahlgren:",
"text": "Du, jag vill att vi tror på varann.",
"translation": "Hey, I want us to believe in each other.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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],
"english": "Hey Nisse, have you fed the cat?",
"text": "Du Nisse, har du matat katten?",
"translation": "Hey Nisse, have you fed the cat?",
"type": "example"
},
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],
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]
],
"english": "Hey, could you hand me the spoon, please?",
"text": "Du, skulle du kunna räcka mig skeden, är du snäll?",
"translation": "Hey, could you hand me the spoon, please?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
5
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
14
]
],
"english": "Oh, by the way [roughly – literally, \"yeah you,\" or \"listen you\" or the like – see jo], I just remembered another thing we need to do",
"text": "Jo du, jag kom precis på en till grej vi måste göra",
"translation": "Oh, by the way [roughly – literally, \"yeah you,\" or \"listen you\" or the like – see jo], I just remembered another thing we need to do",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
2
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
3
]
],
"english": "Hey, [you shall] stay away from my hamster [with an aggressive and somewhat threatening tone]",
"text": "Du, du ska ge fan i min hamster",
"translation": "Hey, [you shall] stay away from my hamster [with an aggressive and somewhat threatening tone]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
34,
39
],
[
52,
57
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
31,
35
],
[
50,
54
]
],
"english": "– Why doesn't he just do it? – Yeah, who knows? / Yeah, that's a good question. [with the du acknowledging the question, adding a confounded tone]",
"text": "– Varför gör han det inte bara? – Ja du, vem vet? / Ja du, det är en bra fråga.",
"translation": "– Why doesn't he just do it? – Yeah, who knows? / Yeah, that's a good question. [with the du acknowledging the question, adding a confounded tone]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
6
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],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
5
]
],
"english": "Oh no, you're not getting away that easily! [Compare the change in tone between \"No, you're not getting away that easily!\" and \"No, dragon, you're not getting away that easily!\"]",
"text": "Nej du, så lätt slipper du inte undan!",
"translation": "Oh no, you're not getting away that easily! [Compare the change in tone between \"No, you're not getting away that easily!\" and \"No, dragon, you're not getting away that easily!\"]",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
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[
"vocative",
"vocative#English"
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[
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"hey#English"
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},
{
"ipa": "[d̪ʉː]"
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{
"ipa": "/dɵ/",
"tags": [
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]
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d4/Sv-du.ogg/Sv-du.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Sv-du.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʉː"
}
],
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],
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}
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"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Swedish/ʉː",
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"Swedish personal pronouns",
"Swedish pronouns",
"Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
"Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
"Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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"Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
"Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
"Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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{
"word": "duskål"
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},
{
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"2": "non",
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{
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"nominative",
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"singular",
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"informal",
"masculine",
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{
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"oblique",
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"third-person"
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},
{
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"feminine",
"informal",
"oblique",
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{
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},
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{
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{
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"nominative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"oblique",
"singular",
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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]
},
{
"form": "-",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "sig",
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},
{
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"oblique",
"pronunciation-spelling",
"reflexive",
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]
},
{
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"possessive",
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"singular",
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{
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"reflexive",
"singular",
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{
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"singular",
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},
{
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"oblique",
"plural"
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{
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"possessive"
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"informal",
"plural",
"possessed-common",
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{
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"plural",
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},
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"first-person",
"informal",
"plural",
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},
{
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"first-person",
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},
{
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"plural",
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},
{
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]
},
{
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{
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},
{
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{
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"possessed-many",
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"second-person"
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},
{
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"nominative",
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{
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{
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{
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"plural",
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},
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},
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"form": "edra",
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"second-person"
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},
{
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},
{
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"nominative",
"plural",
"pronunciation-spelling",
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},
{
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"pronunciation-spelling",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "deras",
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"plural",
"possessed-common",
"possessed-many",
"possessed-neuter",
"possessive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"plural",
"reflexive",
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},
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{
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"oblique",
"plural",
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{
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"reflexive",
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},
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"form": "sitt",
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"possessed-neuter",
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"reflexive",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "sina",
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"plural",
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"possessive",
"reflexive",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"form": "thu",
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"obsolete"
]
},
{
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"obsolete"
]
},
{
"form": "tv",
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"alternative",
"obsolete"
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},
{
"form": "do",
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"Kalix"
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},
{
"form": "do",
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{
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"cat2": "personal pronouns"
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"pos": "pron",
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"word": "hallå"
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{
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},
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2
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],
"english": "You [subject] are here, so I see you [object]",
"text": "Du är här, så jag ser dig",
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},
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79
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],
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63
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88
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],
"english": "There is only one of me and that is I. There is only one of you [object] and that is you [subject]. There are only two of us, and that is us [we – subject]. [Swedish has some of the same subject/object fuzziness as English, but a standalone \"Det är \" idiomatically (through intuition rather than being taught) uses the subject form]",
"ref": "1981, X Models, “Två av oss [Two of us]”:",
"text": "Det finns bara en av mig och det är jag. Det finns bara en av dig och det är du. Det finns bara två av oss, och det är vi.",
"translation": "There is only one of me and that is I. There is only one of you [object] and that is you [subject]. There are only two of us, and that is us [we – subject]. [Swedish has some of the same subject/object fuzziness as English, but a standalone \"Det är \" idiomatically (through intuition rather than being taught) uses the subject form]",
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[
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"english": "THOU artful Master, good counsel give,\nShould one now spare this scoundrel's life?",
"ref": "1649, Jacobus Petri Chronander, Bele-Snack, Eller Een Ny Comœdia, act I, scene IV, page 40:",
"text": "TV Konstrijke Mästare, godt rådh giff,\nSkall man nu skona thenna skelmens lijff?",
"translation": "THOU artful Master, good counsel give,\nShould one now spare this scoundrel's life?",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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127
],
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164
]
],
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],
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263,
266
]
],
"english": "The wolf howls in the forest of the night. He wants to sleep but cannot. [\"He wants to but cannot sleep\" – \"He wants to X\" is \"Han vill X\"] [The] hunger tears his wolf belly, and it is cold in his stove [archaic, dialectal, in the dated English sense]. Hey wolf, hey wolf, do not come [to] here [hither]. My child you will never have.",
"ref": "1984, “Vargsången [The wolf song]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Björn Isfält (music)performed by Lena Nyman:",
"text": "Vargen ylar i nattens skog. Han vill men kan inte sova. Hungern river hans vargabuk, och det är kallt i hans stova. Du varg, du varg, kom inte hit. Ungen min får du aldrig.",
"translation": "The wolf howls in the forest of the night. He wants to sleep but cannot. [\"He wants to but cannot sleep\" – \"He wants to X\" is \"Han vill X\"] [The] hunger tears his wolf belly, and it is cold in his stove [archaic, dialectal, in the dated English sense]. Hey wolf, hey wolf, do not come [to] here [hither]. My child you will never have.",
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},
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"english": "Hey, I want us to believe in each other.",
"ref": "1994, Uno Svenningsson, “Tro på varann [Believe in Each Other]”, in Uno, performed by Uno Svenningsson and Eva Dahlgren:",
"text": "Du, jag vill att vi tror på varann.",
"translation": "Hey, I want us to believe in each other.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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]
],
"english": "Hey Nisse, have you fed the cat?",
"text": "Du Nisse, har du matat katten?",
"translation": "Hey Nisse, have you fed the cat?",
"type": "example"
},
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],
"english": "Hey, could you hand me the spoon, please?",
"text": "Du, skulle du kunna räcka mig skeden, är du snäll?",
"translation": "Hey, could you hand me the spoon, please?",
"type": "example"
},
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"english": "Oh, by the way [roughly – literally, \"yeah you,\" or \"listen you\" or the like – see jo], I just remembered another thing we need to do",
"text": "Jo du, jag kom precis på en till grej vi måste göra",
"translation": "Oh, by the way [roughly – literally, \"yeah you,\" or \"listen you\" or the like – see jo], I just remembered another thing we need to do",
"type": "example"
},
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"english": "Hey, [you shall] stay away from my hamster [with an aggressive and somewhat threatening tone]",
"text": "Du, du ska ge fan i min hamster",
"translation": "Hey, [you shall] stay away from my hamster [with an aggressive and somewhat threatening tone]",
"type": "example"
},
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52,
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],
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50,
54
]
],
"english": "– Why doesn't he just do it? – Yeah, who knows? / Yeah, that's a good question. [with the du acknowledging the question, adding a confounded tone]",
"text": "– Varför gör han det inte bara? – Ja du, vem vet? / Ja du, det är en bra fråga.",
"translation": "– Why doesn't he just do it? – Yeah, who knows? / Yeah, that's a good question. [with the du acknowledging the question, adding a confounded tone]",
"type": "example"
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"english": "Oh no, you're not getting away that easily! [Compare the change in tone between \"No, you're not getting away that easily!\" and \"No, dragon, you're not getting away that easily!\"]",
"text": "Nej du, så lätt slipper du inte undan!",
"translation": "Oh no, you're not getting away that easily! [Compare the change in tone between \"No, you're not getting away that easily!\" and \"No, dragon, you're not getting away that easily!\"]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used as a vocative (to get someone's attention, or for emphasis or the like); hey"
],
"links": [
[
"vocative",
"vocative#English"
],
[
"hey",
"hey#English"
]
],
"senseid": [
"sv:vocative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dʉː/"
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪ʉː]"
},
{
"ipa": "/dɵ/",
"tags": [
"unstressed"
]
},
{
"audio": "Sv-du.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d4/Sv-du.ogg/Sv-du.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Sv-du.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʉː"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Du-reformen"
],
"word": "du"
}
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